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Day #12 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Jerri Ann Reason

Posted by ruckusholly on December 24th, 2011

Jerri AnnWe are continuing 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our twelveth guest blogger is the fabulous Jerri Ann Reason.

Jerri Ann is the mom to 2 awesome boys, wife to one wonderful husband, all of whom support her endeavors online as a blogger and a social media consultant. Jerri Ann’s philosphy sounds like a boxer as she constantly boasts that each day is about learning life and learning how to take the punches. She concludes that landing a punch is not near as important as feeling like you are in the fight. You can find her at Mom~E~Centric (www.momecentric.com) and on her education based non-profit Educate My Alabama (www.educatemyalabama.org) as well as on Twitter @The_Jerri_Ann and @EducateMyAL.

When asked how she keeps her kids busy during the holidays, Jerri Ann said:

This year, the kids are out of school after Christmas instead of before so we can count on good toys and goodies from Santa to help entertain the little guys that week.  

Last year we started what we hope to continue as a new tradition.  We took in the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and hit the bowling alley which was relatively empty.  This year, we are headed out to Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.  We may move our bowling fun to one day earlier in the week just to add some excitement to the week.  

We don’t do movies but once or twice a year but we have been bowling several times so who knows what we might find to do.  With my husband off work all week, which rarelyl happens, we hope to find all kinds of fun lurking near by.  Our latest hobby is GeoCaching and even the boys are enjoying a few rounds especially if we go to the closest state park where the cache’s are all within walking and hiking distance.

Here’s a sticky post on my blog underneath my Holiday Gift Guide.  I’ll do my best to get the links updated each day………*deep breath*

http://www.momecentric.com/2011/holiday-gift-guide/ruckus-media-and-christmas-fun

 

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Day #7 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Ashley Saunders

Posted by ruckusholly on December 19th, 2011

Ashley SaundersWe are continuing 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our seventh guest blogger is Ashley Saunders of TeachableMommy.com.   Ashley is a Teachable Mommy of 2. When she is not teaching her children or learning life lessons, Ashley is a blogger, foodie, coffee lover, and a book nerd.  You can also follow her over on Twitter at @IrishRed02.

When asked how she keeps her kids busy during the holidays, Ashley said:

If you are like me, keeping little ones busy during the holidays can be a daunting task! I like to get mine involved in as much of the to-do of Christmas as possible. My daughter likes to help wrap and my son uses his muscles to put, or throw, the presents under the tree (thank goodness nothing is breakable!).

We also love a good dress-up dance party. Nothing gets the sillies out like rocking out to our favorite songs.  It’s also a great way to work off any extra holiday treats!

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Day #5 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Tonia Sanders

Posted by ruckusholly on December 17th, 2011

Tonia SandersWe continue  12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our fifth guest blogger is Tonia Sanders of TheChattyMomma.com.  Tonia is a wife and stay-at-home mom to two little girls. She enjoys social media and write as The Chatty Momma on her blog, Twitter, and Facebook..  You can also follow her over on Twitter at @TheChattyMomma.

When asked how she keeps her kids busy thinking about giving back during the holidays, Tonia said:

A few ideas that I have to do with your kids during the holidays are:

1. Building a gingerbread house
2. Taking evening trips around the local area to view Christmas lights
3. Taking time to stop at a home for seniors and drop off puzzles, CDs, and goodies all wrapped up.
4. Christmas caroling in the neighborhood
5. Baking

One activity that me and my girls are enjoying is making delicious treats. I love using opportunities to teach my girls how to make delicious snacks and we also create video how-to’s for kids on YouTube in the process. Recently we made Candy Cane Oreo Parfaits that we shared on my blog, The Chatty Momma. 

It’s so much fun to make snacks with my girls, and this months treats will all be holiday themed!

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Day #4 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Galit Breen

Posted by ruckusholly on December 16th, 2011

Galit BreenWe are continuing 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our fourth guest blogger is Galit BreenGalit Breen blogs at These Little Waves.  On any given day she can be found juggling one husband, one juggle, three children, and her laptop. When she’s not inspiring others with her writing, you can find her on Twitter as@GalitBreen.

Here’s how she’s keeping the kids busy through the holidays:

During the holidays our kids stay busy in all of the usual ways- coloring, play doh, stickers, dance parries, games, puzzles, cheerio bracelets, whining {Did I really just admit that?}, and movies {And that?}.

They also spend a lot of time helping me. They wrap presents, set tables, make place cards, and bake. {I promise we give them time to play!}

Visit ZiggityZoom.com for today’s 4th Day of Christmas Free Family Fun Printable- fun and festive Christmas Stickers and head over to Ziggity Zoom’s blog for their daily Ruckus app giveaway.

 

 

 

Day #3 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Tawanna Browne Smith

Posted by ruckusholly on December 15th, 2011

the chatty momma

We are continuing 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our third guest blogger is Tawanna Browne Smith, a traveling mom of 2 who stays on the go and blogs at MomsGuideToTravel.com.  She’s a travel writer for a couple of publications, including NileGuide.com and 10Best.com, in addition to writing for The ExaminerDC and her own blog Mom’s Guide to Travel. When she’s not writing, traveling, chauffeuring or completing triathlons, you can find her on Twitter as @worldtravelmom.

Here’s how she’s keeping the kids busy through the holidays:

This is our first Christmas where the kids are eating gluten free so we plan to do a lot of baking and experimenting with recipes for cookies and cupcakes. It’s a lot of fun to watch my youngest explore the texture of cookie dough and help my oldest apply his math skills to the kitchen. In between baking new creations, and preparing for New Year’s Eve travel, we’ll be planning for the onslaught of birthdays in our household. The festivities don’t end for us on January 1st – that’s just the beginning. We’ll be partying on the 3rd, the 6th, and the 12th as we celebrate the birthdays of my sons and my husband. For three weeks, our house will be the one that never sleeps.

Visit ZiggityZoom.com for today’s 3rd Day of Christmas Free Family Fun Printable- Christmas Bookmarks to share.  Just print, laminate and give!  Also head over to Ziggity Zoom’s blog  for today’s Ruckus app giveaway!

Day #2 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Shari Simpson-Cabelin

Posted by ruckusholly on December 14th, 2011

Shari Simpson-CablinWe are continuing 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our second guest blogger is Shari-Simpson-Cabelin of DustyEarthMother.com.   Shari writes and rants in her rowdy red-haired way at “Earth Mother just means I’m dusty”, Aiming Low and NJ Mommy Poppins.  You can also follow her over on Twitter at @DustyEarthMom.

When asked how she keeps her kids busy thinking about giving back during the holidays, Shari said:

I try very hard to keep my kids busy with thinking about giving back to others during the holidays: we are helping to wrap gifts at a food pantry, and making care packages for homeless kids. And it’s possible that a tiny bit of this is actually sinking it, as evidenced by my daughter’s funny letter to The Man in Red: “Dear Santa, please bring gifts to poor kids. And when you’re done, I’d like—“ and the list goes on and on, of course. Yes, maybe my kids won’t be winning any humanitarian awards any time soon, but at least they’re thinking about others! A little bit. A very little bit. Hey, I’ll take it.

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